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The Achievements of Banyusidi Village kid, Guyogo, Magelang, Central Java, can not are on its best. Several years ago, kids at the bottom of Mount Merbabu, just spend their daily lives with their cattle or looking for fresh grass for their buffalo. Who gets most fresh grass, he often praised.

Now the habit is increased. No longer simply feeding buffalo and looking for grass. In between their play and work, the kid is also get training with a variety of traditional art.

One of the arts that preferred by many kid in the area that is Warok Bocah. According to Riyadi, the coach who is also Head of the Village Banyusidi, he himself trained children in his village so that children of Guyogo is not only clever at looking for fresh grass and feeding buffalo, but also skilled on art.

Warok Bocah then chooses as the choice of art which is best for the kid in the bottom of Merbabu, because art is full with values from the humorous attitude of village children.

"Fortunately in our village has art group of 5 Gunung. Arts groups that develop a variety of ethnic Java arts. So in addition Warok Bocah they also have Grasak, Topeng Ireng, ketoprak, Jatilan, Rodat, Kuda Lumping, and Lengger Bunga Melati theater," said Riyadi when talking with the Travel Club in Jakarta, recently.

Through the arts groups, every Sunday Riyadi guides the village children 3 times on a week to play Warok Bocah practice. The result is extraordinary. "Originally, we only dare to play at 5 Gunung arts festival held each year in Banyusidi Village. In fact, many spectators amazed to watch Warok Bocah. Now they have experience to play worldwide. Imagine, play from the village and city in Magelang, Semarang and Jakarta, now they often play worldwide" Sutanto said, one of the artists from the Semarang usually play Warok Bocah in various countries.

Wear uniforms of black and white, the kid is often play the story of the success of killing the bad guy. Usually this art is also colored with a prod repeatedly to the body of criminals. But don’t worry, after that the warok body can be normal again only with the persuasion from the diviner.

Last time, this Warok Bocah group plays in front of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, when the President and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono visited the City of Magelang. They play at Central Karoseri Martoyudan also witnessed by a number of Ministers including Minister of Culture and Tourism Jero Wacik.

Now there's no kid at the bottom of Mount Merbabu, Menoreh, Merapi, Andong and Sumbing who don’t have skills that are not have traditional art skill. If not play Kuda Lumping, certainly they joined a group Warok Bocah.

With joining in the arts groups that, the kid at the bottom of 5 Gunung is interesting because they often play in the cities of the world. They also told friends how happy they are after play. "I now have savings in the bank. Each play finished, I save my money" said Dwi, one of the smallest members Warok Bocah.

Notwithstanding the small body, but Dwi already experienced Warok Bocah play in Beograd, Japan Expo in Tokyo and several other countries. Because of the arts, Dwi can shake hand and take a picture with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Dwi, as well as colleagues in the other groups Warok Bocah also often gets the praise in the foreign press coverage.

Source: Travel Club Magazine

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